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Biggles of the Interpol – Capt. W.E. Johns

Scarce first edition Biggles published by the Brockhampton Press in 1957.

Octavo, 181 pages, four full page exciting illustrations and a T.E. Lawrence like coloured frontispiece. A little age and a trifle foxing, pretty good and rare dust jacket.

A collection of Biggles short stories – with our man in Arabia, Brazil and French Guinea- diamonds and thugs add to the various contrivances.

Biggles outperforms the baddies and the goodies in various exotic locations

$50.00

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Biggles in The Cruise of the Condor – Capt. W.E. Johns

The Cruise of the Condor was one of the first Biggles in the 1930’s. This edition by Thames mid 1950’s.

Octavo, 247 pages (a lengthy Biggles) in very good condition in a nice dust jacket albeit with a chip to bottom front.

Biggles and his cohorts use an amphibious aircraft in Brazil seeking treasure and danger – a normal day for Biggles.

Biggles in Brazil – exciting adventures

$25.00

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Mother Goose and Her Friends – Adventures in the Old Woman’s Shoe – Maude Radford Warren and Eve Davenport – illustrated by Charles Federer

Absurdly wonderful book of tales, published by Hodder & Stoughton, first English edition 1923. Large thick octavo, 309 pages, with ten tipped in coloured plates, fancy end papers, coloured plate pasted to front board. A trifle age – really a super copy, by any standards very good for a book now over a century old.

Traditional children’s stories with no prejudice and positive messages and lots of fun. Old King Cole was a merry old soul and Simple Simon’s pieman had a very large pie on his head.

Stories for children that pass the test of time

$50.00

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Biggles Takes a Hand – Captain W.E. Johns – First Edition 1963

A very good copy of this scarce first edition Biggles.

Published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1963. Octavo, 160 pages with the odd illustration. Very good unclipped dust jacket the odd chip.

Biggles receives a message … “If you will go to the Adlon Restaurant in Bank Street, Kensington, today, at a quarter to one precisely, and sit at table number two, you will be joined by someone who will give you information you should be glad to have – A Well-wisher”

And, so it starts … great stuff and excellent use of commas.

Scarce Biggles First

$70.00

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Biggles Air Detective – Captin W.E. Johns

Stolen Aircraft, “Black Sheep”, the case of the Wounded Agent .. a Biggles shorter story delight, seven in all.

Published by Dean & Son a 1960’s reissue of an early Biggles collection. Octavo, 151 pages, toned evenly, crease to jacket still a good copy.

Biggles packed with thrills

$25.00

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The Black Bar – George Manville Fenn

A very nice copy of prolific writer George Manville Fenn’s “The Black Bar” a story of the British ship Nautilus patrolling the coast of West Africa deterring American slave ships.

Published by Sampson Low, London, octavo, 312 pages with the odd illustration. No date, a prize label at front suggests 1930’s – at the rear we have a Jules Verne promotion that suggest before 1928. The prized was given in Battery Point – maybe an indicator as to how long it took books to arrive at these distant parts.

Beautifully written as expected from Fenn. The story not at all uncivilised and a reminder of things that go on in the world – to this day.

The Nautilus off the Coast of Africa doing good work ..

$30.00

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Biggles of the Interpol – Capt. W.E. Johns

Biggles in The Cruise of the Condor – Capt. W.E. Johns

Mother Goose and Her Friends – Adventures in the Old Woman’s Shoe – Maude Radford Warren and Eve Davenport – illustrated by Charles Federer

Biggles Takes a Hand – Captain W.E. Johns – First Edition 1963

Biggles Air Detective – Captin W.E. Johns

The Black Bar – George Manville Fenn

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